Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain

Book Overview

A collection of political tales--first published in British workers' magazines--selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael Rosen

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms appeared frequently in socialist-leaning British periodicals, such as the Clarion, Labour Leader, and Social Democrat. Based on familiar genres--the fairy tale,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691175349
• ISBN13: 9780691175348
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher